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There are people who will tell you that they have no fear of the jungle , that they
know it as well as the streets of Maha Nuwara or their own compounds . Such
people are either liars and boasters , or they are fools , without understanding or
...
There are people who will tell you that they have no fear of the jungle , that they
know it as well as the streets of Maha Nuwara or their own compounds . Such
people are either liars and boasters , or they are fools , without understanding or
...
Page 86
It is a good medicine , though unpleasant to the taste , they tell me . " Aiyo ! what
is the good of going to the hospital ? Why do you talk like that , vederala ? You
are laughing at me . We know that it is the devils that have entered my brother ,
and ...
It is a good medicine , though unpleasant to the taste , they tell me . " Aiyo ! what
is the good of going to the hospital ? Why do you talk like that , vederala ? You
are laughing at me . We know that it is the devils that have entered my brother ,
and ...
Page 299
Aiya , how can I tell his name ? ' What was his name , fool ? ' . • They called him
Babun . " • What was he convicted for ? ' • It was a false case . They said he had
robbed the Arachchi . ' Oh , that man , yes . The Arachchi was killed afterwards ...
Aiya , how can I tell his name ? ' What was his name , fool ? ' . • They called him
Babun . " • What was he convicted for ? ' • It was a false case . They said he had
robbed the Arachchi . ' Oh , that man , yes . The Arachchi was killed afterwards ...
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User Review - Steve38 - LibraryThingDear me but this is a depressing book. Everything that can go wrong does go wrong for the main characters. Written from the point of view of impoverished, uneducated jungle dwellers in Sri Lanka by ... Read full review
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aiya Aiyo Arachchi asked Babehami Babun became began bring brother brought called carrying charm chena child clear cloth comes compound court crop daughter dead deer devil died evil eyes face father fear felt Fernando followed fool girl give given Hamadoru hand hang head headman hear heard Hinnihami hunter interpreter judge jungle Kamburupitiya Karlinahami kill knew Korala laughed leave lies listen live looked Mahatmaya mind months morning mother Mudalali never night once passed path perhaps prison Punchi Menika Punchirala rain rice road round seemed seen side silence Silindu slowly speak squatted stand stood strange talk tell temple thing thought told took track trees trouble true turned understand vederala village voice waited walked watched wife wild wind woman women
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Village in the Jungle |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Hogarth Press, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0701202564, 9780701202569 |
| Length | 307 pages |
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